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Tenuta Tascante Ghiaia Nera - 2017

Tasca

3.7 / 5.0

Region: Italy » Sicilia » Etna DOC
Type: red still, dry
Producer: Tasca
Vintage: 2017
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese
Alcohol: 13.5
Sugar: unknown
Price: 746 UAH
Cellar: not available

Nerello Mascalese comes from the northern slopes of Etna - Contrada Sciaranuova, Piano Dario, Rampante. Vines were planted in 2004 and 2007. Wine is fermented for 6 days and aged in 25 hl oak casks for 12 months.

Ratings

September 11, 2022

3.7 / 5.0·

750 mL

·@Boris

100% Nerello Mascalese. Pale garnet colour. Shy in the nose. Strawberry, forest floor, gravel, and pepper. More powerful than I expected it to be. Voluminous, well-balanced with a warm and long aftertaste.

Tasca

Wine producer from Sicilia, Italy. They cultivate grapes in the vineyards of 5 different estates:

Tenuta Regaleali
Tenuta Capofaro
Tenuta Tascante
Fondazione Whitaker
Tenuta Sallier de La Tour

some random image you can find on barberry garden — Image is taken from https://www.tascadalmerita.it/